All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1980
item #1492876
(stock #K083)
The Kura
$700.00
$700.00
Pink, purple and red glazes mingle on the surface of this Mizusashi water jar by Matsuyama Gae enclosed in the original signed wooden box titled Kujaku-yu Mizusashi and signed inside the lid by the Urasenke Konnichi-an Grand Tea Master, Sen Genshitsu. It is 20.5 cm (8 inches) diameter, 12 cm (5 inches) tall and in excellent condition.
Gae I Returned from China in 1945, where he had been posted for eight years and had studied in depth ancient Chinese ceramics. In 1947 he opened his own kiln and immediately won acclaim, as well as the Mayors award for Kobe in 1948. Working together with his wife they developed this glaze through trial and error in 1951. Several pieces were collected by the Imperial Household agency in 1953 and 1954, and a vase was sent as a gift to then President Eisenhower in 1960. During this time they received many awards and presented at a great many exhibitions. Gae died in 1963 of cancer, and after one year of mourning, Tsutako continued the name and work. She continued to exhibit and was again accepted into the Imperial collection in 1964, and was also featured at the World Exposition in 1970 held in Osaka. When she passes away her daughter continued the family tradition, becoming the third and last Matsuyama Gae. Sen Genshitsu was born in Kyoto on April 19, 1923, as the first son of the 14th-generation Urasenke iemoto, Mugensai. His given name was Masaoki. He served as Urasenke Iemoto for thirty-eight years, up to the end of 2002, when he transferred the title and the hereditary name Soshitsu that goes with it to his eldest son, Zabosai. At that time, he changed his own name from Soshitsu to Genshitsu, and he became referred to by the title Daisosho, signifying his status as the once grand master. After serving as a pilot in the Airforce division of the Japanese navy during WWII, and then completing his temporarily interrupted university education at Doshisha University, Kyoto, graduating from the Faculty of Economics, he took Buddhist vows under Goto Zuigan, chief abbot of Daitokuji temple, and received the Buddhist names Hounsai Genshu Soko. In 1950, he was confirmed as heir apparent of Mugensai, and thus became referred to by the title Wakasosho. He made his first trip abroad that year, to Hawaii and the USA, and since then he has made more than three hundred trips abroad and been to more than sixty countries. He lived in Hawaii in 1952, during which time he lectured at and also took courses at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, beginning his long and dedicated association with that university. Upon Mugensai’s death in 1964, he succeeded as the 15th-generation Urasenke iemoto, Hounsai. He is widely known as a global-minded promoter both of the culture embraced by the Way of Tea and of World Peace. Among his many awards and recognitions, in 1997, he was awarded the Order of Culture by the Emperor of Japan.
Gae I Returned from China in 1945, where he had been posted for eight years and had studied in depth ancient Chinese ceramics. In 1947 he opened his own kiln and immediately won acclaim, as well as the Mayors award for Kobe in 1948. Working together with his wife they developed this glaze through trial and error in 1951. Several pieces were collected by the Imperial Household agency in 1953 and 1954, and a vase was sent as a gift to then President Eisenhower in 1960. During this time they received many awards and presented at a great many exhibitions. Gae died in 1963 of cancer, and after one year of mourning, Tsutako continued the name and work. She continued to exhibit and was again accepted into the Imperial collection in 1964, and was also featured at the World Exposition in 1970 held in Osaka. When she passes away her daughter continued the family tradition, becoming the third and last Matsuyama Gae. Sen Genshitsu was born in Kyoto on April 19, 1923, as the first son of the 14th-generation Urasenke iemoto, Mugensai. His given name was Masaoki. He served as Urasenke Iemoto for thirty-eight years, up to the end of 2002, when he transferred the title and the hereditary name Soshitsu that goes with it to his eldest son, Zabosai. At that time, he changed his own name from Soshitsu to Genshitsu, and he became referred to by the title Daisosho, signifying his status as the once grand master. After serving as a pilot in the Airforce division of the Japanese navy during WWII, and then completing his temporarily interrupted university education at Doshisha University, Kyoto, graduating from the Faculty of Economics, he took Buddhist vows under Goto Zuigan, chief abbot of Daitokuji temple, and received the Buddhist names Hounsai Genshu Soko. In 1950, he was confirmed as heir apparent of Mugensai, and thus became referred to by the title Wakasosho. He made his first trip abroad that year, to Hawaii and the USA, and since then he has made more than three hundred trips abroad and been to more than sixty countries. He lived in Hawaii in 1952, during which time he lectured at and also took courses at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, beginning his long and dedicated association with that university. Upon Mugensai’s death in 1964, he succeeded as the 15th-generation Urasenke iemoto, Hounsai. He is widely known as a global-minded promoter both of the culture embraced by the Way of Tea and of World Peace. Among his many awards and recognitions, in 1997, he was awarded the Order of Culture by the Emperor of Japan.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1960
item #1492087
(stock #K030)
The Kura
$470.00
$470.00
A narrow open-mouthed vessel decorated with autumnal trees by Ito Tozan II enclosed in the original signed wooden box. The piece could serve as a vase, but comes with a black lacquered wooden lid and is titled Mizusashi, making it rightfully a fresh water jar for the Japanese Tea Ceremony. It is 11.7 cm (4-3/4 inches) diameter 22 cm (9 inches) tall and in excellent condition, likely dating from the 1950s.
Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) began as a painter in the Maruyama school studying under Koizumi Togaku. In 1862 he became a pupil of Kameya Kyokutei, as well as studying under Takahashi Dohachi III and Kanzan Denshichi (who made the dishes for the imperial table). In 1867, with the fall of the Edo government, he opened his kiln in Eastern Kyoto. Much prized at home, he was also recognized abroad at the Amsterdam, Paris and Chicago World Expositions. With an emphasis on Awata and Asahi wares of Kyoto, he began to use the name Tozan around 1895. In 1917 he was named a member of the Imperial Art Academy, one of only five potters ever given that title, and like his teacher Denshichi, created the dishes from which the Imperial family would eat. He worked very closely with his adopted son, Ito Tozan II (1871-1937). He too began life as a painter, but his talent was seen by Tozan I, who adopted him and converted him to pottery, where he both succeeded and excelled as a member of one of Kyotos most well known pottery families. Miki Hyoetsu I was born in 1877, establishing a line of craftsman which lasts to this day. He was exhibited at the Shotoku Taishi Ten and Paris World Exposition among others.
Ito Tozan I (1846-1920) began as a painter in the Maruyama school studying under Koizumi Togaku. In 1862 he became a pupil of Kameya Kyokutei, as well as studying under Takahashi Dohachi III and Kanzan Denshichi (who made the dishes for the imperial table). In 1867, with the fall of the Edo government, he opened his kiln in Eastern Kyoto. Much prized at home, he was also recognized abroad at the Amsterdam, Paris and Chicago World Expositions. With an emphasis on Awata and Asahi wares of Kyoto, he began to use the name Tozan around 1895. In 1917 he was named a member of the Imperial Art Academy, one of only five potters ever given that title, and like his teacher Denshichi, created the dishes from which the Imperial family would eat. He worked very closely with his adopted son, Ito Tozan II (1871-1937). He too began life as a painter, but his talent was seen by Tozan I, who adopted him and converted him to pottery, where he both succeeded and excelled as a member of one of Kyotos most well known pottery families. Miki Hyoetsu I was born in 1877, establishing a line of craftsman which lasts to this day. He was exhibited at the Shotoku Taishi Ten and Paris World Exposition among others.
All Items : Vintage Arts : Regional Art : Asian : Japanese : Stoneware : Pre 1940
item #1495638
(stock #NA)
A beautiful Kuro-Raku Chawan decorated with the character Kotobuki (Great Fortune) in red by the 88 year old Hyakuhyaku-okina (Shibakawa Souemon, b. 1853). It is 11 cm (4-1/2 inches) diameter, 7.5 cm (3 inches) tall and in perfect condition, enclosed in an old wooden box.
The Shibakawa family was a prominent merchant family located in Fushimi-machi, Semba, Osaka, since the end of the Edo period. The Shibakawa family’s history dates back to around 1837 when Shinsuke Shibakawa, the grandfather, established a new business, "Mukade-ya," an importer of Western goods in Fushimi-machi, Osaka. During the era of Mataemon (the second generation) in the mid-Meiji period, the family evolved into modern entrepreneurs. In 1886, he closed the Western goods trading business but continued to manage the family’s affairs, focusing primarily on real estate. Around that time, they acquired land in Kotomura (now Kotoen, Nishinomiya City), which was still a cold, rural area with vast rice fields. In 1896, they developed an orchard there called Kotouen. In one corner of this orchard, in 1912, a unique villa with a blend of Japanese and Western architectural styles, designed by Goichi Takeda, was built. Yoshiro (the second Mataemon’s second son, 1883-1970), who inherited the family estate in 1923, reportedly requested that C.J.L. Bates, the president of Kwansei Gakuin, ensure the university was open and without fences around the campus, similar to the University of Washington in Seattle, which he saw during an inspection trip to America. Seeing the potential beyond cultivation at Kotouen, Yoshiro founded Dai Nippon Fruit Juice Co. (now Nikka Whisky) in 1934.
The Shibakawa family was a prominent merchant family located in Fushimi-machi, Semba, Osaka, since the end of the Edo period. The Shibakawa family’s history dates back to around 1837 when Shinsuke Shibakawa, the grandfather, established a new business, "Mukade-ya," an importer of Western goods in Fushimi-machi, Osaka. During the era of Mataemon (the second generation) in the mid-Meiji period, the family evolved into modern entrepreneurs. In 1886, he closed the Western goods trading business but continued to manage the family’s affairs, focusing primarily on real estate. Around that time, they acquired land in Kotomura (now Kotoen, Nishinomiya City), which was still a cold, rural area with vast rice fields. In 1896, they developed an orchard there called Kotouen. In one corner of this orchard, in 1912, a unique villa with a blend of Japanese and Western architectural styles, designed by Goichi Takeda, was built. Yoshiro (the second Mataemon’s second son, 1883-1970), who inherited the family estate in 1923, reportedly requested that C.J.L. Bates, the president of Kwansei Gakuin, ensure the university was open and without fences around the campus, similar to the University of Washington in Seattle, which he saw during an inspection trip to America. Seeing the potential beyond cultivation at Kotouen, Yoshiro founded Dai Nippon Fruit Juice Co. (now Nikka Whisky) in 1934.